[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: webkitgtk-1.1.8-1.fc11

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2009-6166
2009-06-15 22:03:20
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Name        : webkitgtk
Product     : Fedora 11
Version     : 1.1.8
Release     : 1.fc11
URL         : http://www.webkitgtk.org/
Summary     : GTK+ Web content engine library
Description :
WebKitGTK+ is the port of the portable web rendering engine WebKit to the
GTK+ platform.

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Update Information:

WebKitGTK+ 1.1.8 contains many bug-fixes and updates including spell-checking
support, enhanced error reporting, lots of ATK enhancements, support for copying
images to the clipboard, and a new printing API (since 1.1.5) that allows
applications better control and monitoring of the printing process.    Also, a
potential buffer overflow  in SVGList::insertItemBefore has been fixed
(CVE-2009-0945); and the JIT compiler is now enabled by default for x86_64
systems.    Please see the upstream changelog for the full list of fixes and
enhancements:    http://svn.webkit.org/repository/webkit/trunk/WebKit/gtk/NEWS
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ChangeLog:

* Fri May 29 2009 Peter Gordon <peter at thecodergeek.com> - 1.1.8-1
- Update to new upstream release (1.1.8)
* Thu May 28 2009 Peter Gordon <peter at thecodergeek.com> - 1.1.7-1
- Update to new upstream release (1.1.7)
- Remove jit build conditional. (JIT is now enabled by default on platforms
  which support it: currently 32- and 64-bit x86.)
- Fix installation of the GtkLauncher demo program so that it
  is a binary and not a script. (Fixes bug #443048.)
* Sat May  9 2009 Peter Gordon <peter at thecodergeek.com> - 1.1.6-1
- Update to new upstream release (1.1.6).
- Drop workaround for bug 488112 (fixed upstream).
- Fixes bug 484335 (Copy link locations to the primary selection; patched
  upstream).
- Include upstream changelog (NEWS) as part of the installed documentation.
- Fix capitalization in previous %changelog entry.
- Add build-time conditional support for 3-D transforms (default off).
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #502673 - Please upgrade to version 1.1.7
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502673
  [ 2 ] Bug #443048 - WebKit does not work
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443048
  [ 3 ] Bug #484335 - Copy link locations to the primary selection
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484335
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update webkitgtk' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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